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The Quinceañera Protest

January 14, 2018/0 Comments/in Civic Engagement, Civics & Civil Spaces, High School, Informal Learning Spaces, Latinx Immigrant Origin, Learning Setting, Lessons, Middle School, Population, Resource Type, Social Inclusion/Exclusion, Social Studies, Subject, Themes, Topics/by Adam Strom

The Quinceañera Protest

Why would fifteen year old Latina girls hold a symbolic quinceañera right of passage celebration on the steps of the Texas capitol?

On July 2017 media from around the world flashed images of fifteen Latina young women wearing quinceañera dresses speaking out to affirm their identities and to protest what they experienced and perceived to be a grave injustice—SB4, a Texas immigration law.

According to the Texas Chronicle:

“As passed, SB 4 allows local law enforcement officers to question the immigration status of people they detain or arrest and punishes local government department heads and elected officials who don’t cooperate with federal immigration “detainers” — requests by agents to turn over immigrants subject to possible deportation — in the form of jail time and penalties that exceed $25,000.”

These resources explore the young women’s motivations, personal stories, and their strategies in this civic action:

Resources:

  1. From Quinceañera to Protest: Tejana Teens Fight SB 4 Immigration Law, Latino USA, http://latinousa.org/2017/07/17/quinceanera-protest-tejana-teens-fight-sb-4-immigration-law/
  2. Meet 5 of the Tejana Teens Who Made This Quinceañera-Themed Protest a Success, Remezcla, http://remezcla.com/features/culture/meet-the-Quinceañera-at-the-capitol/
  3. Quinceañera Held at Texas Capitol Building, Teen Vogue, https://www.teenvogue.com/story/quinceanera-held-at-texas-capitol-building
  4. In Sparkly Ruffled Dresses, Quinceañeras Are About To Flood The Capitol To Protest A Texas Bill That Affects Thousands Of Latinos, Mitú, https://wearemitu.com/things-that-matter/Quinceañera-will-waltz-to-texas-capitol-to-protest-sb-4s-anti-immigration-law/
  5. Teen girls wear quinceañera dresses at the Capitol to protest sanctuary cities ban, Dallas Morning News, https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/07/19/teen-girls-host-quinceanera-capitol-protest-sanctuary-cities-ban

See our lesson “Quiñceaneras at the Capitol” featuring these resources.

Tags: Civic engagement, Civics Education, DACA/Dreamers, High school, History, How can we take action toward more inclusive and sustainable societies?, Latinx Immigrant Origin, Middle School, Social Sciences
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